UFC 148 Sonnen vs Silva II

[Svino]

Tibau didnt do shit. Khabib was at least trying to push the fight. Tibau just stuffed takedowns and threw mayb 5 punches each rd.

I was surprised to see that both Roller and Tibau supposedly landed more strikes than their opponents.

I had the Tibau fight for Nurm.

[SPX]

I thought Nurm won round 1 and Tibau took 2 and 3.

In 2 and 3 Nurm just flailed wildly with haymakers that didn't land and attempted takedowns that got stuffed. Tibau was more effective with his counter-punching and also got a few takedowns.

[MMA_scientist]

Nurm was leonard garcia to tibau's nam phan. Nurm was diego to tibau's kampmann. He was just throwing haymakers and whiffing badly. But the same as garcia and sanchez... apparently that wins mma scorecards

[Vandelay]

Phan and Kampmann at least landed counter punches. Tibau literally watched Nurm most of the fight. I would say nurm landed the more significant shots as well. he hit tibau pretty good a couple times.

[edman5555]

Nurm was leonard garcia to tibau's nam phan. Nurm was diego to tibau's kampmann. He was just throwing haymakers and whiffing badly. But the same as garcia and sanchez... apparently that wins mma scorecards

agreed. I thought Tibau outlanded him but Nurm out spazzed him so he won.

[MMA_scientist]

agreed. I thought Tibau outlanded him but Nurm out spazzed him so he won.

I didn't look at how many sites scored it, but all three SD guys scored it 30-27 for Tibau. I really didn't think it was close, I thought it was an obvious win for Tibau.

[trotterz]

I didn't look at how many sites scored it, but all three SD guys scored it 30-27 for Tibau. I really didn't think it was close, I thought it was an obvious win for Tibau.

mmajunkie had it for Nurm. Usually, mmajunkie are better at scoring fights than SD

[MMA_scientist]

[poopoo333]

The full UFC 148 payouts included:

Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000

Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus)
def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000

Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus)
def. Patrick Cote: $21,000

Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus)
def. Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000

Chad Mendes: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Cody McKenzie: $10,000

Mike Easton: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Ivan Menjivar: $13,000

Melvin Guillard: $72,000 (includes $36,000 win bonus)
def. Fabricio Camoes: $8,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Gleison Tibau: $31,000

Constantinos Philippou: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
def. Riki Fukuda: $28,000

Shane Roller: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus)
def. John Alessio: $10,000

Rafaello Oliveira: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Yoislandy Izquierdo: $6,000

[SPX]

Sonnen only got $50K for that fight? WTF?

[SPX]

mmajunkie had it for Nurm. Usually, mmajunkie are better at scoring fights than SD

notsureifsrs

[Luke]

Sonnen only got $50K for that fight? WTF?

Those numbers are so far off we might as well not even post them anymore. I know for a fact Silva got 7 million for the fight and I'd guess Sonnen got AT LEAST 1 million .

[SPX]

How do you know that for a fact?

[SPX]

So . . . how about that Cung Le?

[poopoo333]

Those numbers are so far off we might as well not even post them anymore. I know for a fact Silva got 7 million for the fight and I'd guess Sonnen got AT LEAST 1 million .

Yeah...we knew about the 7 million before the fight was even 100% official

[poopoo333]

So . . . how about that Cung Le?

Who does he fight at UFC on Fuel 6 in China? Does he main event?

[Ludo]

So . . . how about that Cung Le?

I bet on him. Gift line against Cote.

[Ludo]

Who does he fight at UFC on Fuel 6 in China? Does he main event?

Hopefully Chris Leben.

[SPX]

I bet on him. Gift line against Cote.

I didn't understand the perspectives on the SD Roundtable. They all picked against him. Breen in particular thought he was going to get demolished.

Considering the fact that he was a Sanshou and kickboxing prodigy, and that he also had a wrestling background, I've never understood the haters. Is it because he's old? Because he's made movies?

I dunno.

Hopefully Chris Leben.

That would be a good fight.

Or an open weight bout against Tiequan Zhang.

[MMA_scientist]

I personally though he would get beaten by Cote. His wrestling is not that good, and the rest of his ground game is bad. I though Cote would clinch him up and eventually land some power. But he was content to stand right in Le's range and trade. Weird strategy by Cote.